ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,160, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"3D printer bed" was invented by Ron Tozier (Andover, Kan.), Kyra Rubinstein (Wichita, Kan.) and Ryan Binter (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a heated printer bed mounted to a kinematic coupling system that permits thermal expansion of both the bed and a support truss. One kinematic couple couples the bed to the support truss and a second kinematic couple couples the support truss to a frame of the printer. Both kinematic couples ensure that a common geometric center along each kinematic couple is maintained despite thermal ...